Gold
Gold tests resistance at $2930 – $2940 as traders bet that demand from central banks will stay strong in the upcoming months.
Silver
Silver gains ground as traders react to the strong performance of gold markets. RSI is in the moderate territory, and there is enough room to gain momentum in the near term.
Platinum
Platinum is stuck near the $1000 level as traders wait for additional catalysts.
Source – FXEMPIRE
The safe-haven Japanese yen strengthened on Monday while gold pushed to a fresh peak as traders worried that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs would ignite inflation and crimp economic growth.
The yen was up as much as 0.74% at 148.735 per U.S. dollar at one point on Monday, and was last 0.46% stronger at 149.145.
The Swiss franc, another traditional safe haven, started the day by rising 0.3% to 0.8775 per dollar.
The Canadian dollar was flat at C$1.4321 per greenback.
Mexico’s peso slipped 0.45% to 20.4364 per dollar.
Cryptocurrency bitcoin lost 1% to $81,703.
Source – Reuters
Spot gold gained 0.5% to $2,946.68 an ounce, as of 1131 GMT
“Gold continues to be supported by the prospect of a tariff-driven economic slowdown, potentially bringing forward U.S. Fed rate cut expectations,” Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, said.
“I maintain my bullish stance on gold, expecting an economic slowdown or even stagflation to drive demand and price of gold higher.”
Spot silver was flat at $33.21 an ounce, platinum lost about 1% to $974.45, while palladium dropped 0.2% to $947.17.
Source – Reuters
The London Metal Exchange three-month price has risen every day in January and is now up 4.0% from the start of the month, making copper the early outperformer of the LME base metals pack.
Dwindling stocks and China’s rising import appetite have rekindled optimism that the country is finally turning an economic corner.
Fund managers are unconvinced, with investors’ long positions only marginally ahead of bearish bets on both the CME and LME copper contracts.
The Yangshan copper premium , a closely-watched gauge of China’s import demand, is currently at a one-year high of $75 per ton, indicating China is still hungry for metal.
Source – Reuters
Silver gained as much as 1.2%, rising for a third day. A guage of the dollar hit the lowest in about three months, as the euro strengthened amid Germany’s plan to boost spending and loosen borrowing restrictions.
The “tidal wave” of silver risks pushing freely available silver in the London spot market below a critical threshold needed for the market to function, Daniel Ghali, a senior commodity strategist at TD Securities, recently wrote in a note.
Spot silver rose 0.9% to $32.262 an ounce as of 11:41 a.m. in London. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.4%. Gold and palladium were little changed, while platinum advanced.
Source – Mining.com
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Source – Markets Insider
Follow up on Kentucky considers bill to entice gold and silver investors
House Bill 2, introduced last week by Rep. T.J. Roberts, R-Burlington, and backed by several other GOP representatives, would void a controversial line-item budget veto by Beshear last year that prevented state lawmakers from exempting “bullion currency” — or gold and silver coins — from taxation.
The proposed bill would also give people who have paid sales taxes on gold and silver since August — when the exemption was set to take effect — the power to use the courts to seek a refund along with $1,000 for “each day that the violation occurred,” paid by the governor’s office.
Source – Louisville Courier-Journal